Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-03-04
FREE HOMES E!

FKEE HOMES !
Reasons Why You Should ocate in
Emmons County.
soIL-The soil i'll the vicinity of williamsport,
county, is q rich, black loan, and very produc-
tive.
CROPS-Wheat, Oats, Barley, Corn, Flax, Mil
let, Buckwheat, Root Crops and Garden Veg
etables of all kinds grow to perfection, and the
yield is large.
CLIMATE - HEALTH - The climate is dry,
clear, and invigoratins. The general health, in
consequence, is remarkably good.
wATER-Wells range from thirty to sixty feet
in depth. The water obtained is generally pure
and SOFT Running streams abound throughout
the grazing districts.
FUEL-Oak wood is found in the ravines in
many parts of the county. There is heavy tim
ber along the Missouri River, which borders the
county on the west. Lignite coal has been dis
covered in several places, and a mine is being
worked on the. Brindle farm, about five miles
distant f,rp, W;ll;o,,ooo.t
PUBLIC LANDS-A large area of public land
near Williamsport is open to settlement, while
many desirable claims can yet be obtained in
parts of the county. Revised plats and a list of
the most..desirable claims obtainable within ten
miles Of the county seat can be seen at any time,
Williamsport, where information concerning
Railroad Land can also be had.
PoPULArION-The population of Emmons
County in 1885 was 1,O45. On basis of votes cast
at the election in November, 1886, it was then
between 500 and !, 900.
sCHOOLs-A number of schools have been
organized, and school-houscs are built and
schools established wherever needed. There are
seven school-houses within a few miles of Will
iamsport.
RELIGIOUS-Religiou services are regularly
conducted at different points in the county, and
several Sabbath-schools have been established.
SOCIETY-The people generally are intelli-
gent, cultivated, and ssneighbory." The social
advantages are much above those usually found
in new country.
RA1LROADS-On account of geographical po-
sition, the railroads now building from. the
Southeast to Bismarck, the Capital Of Dakota (s5
miles northwest Of WiIlamsport), must traverse
Emmons County.
FARMING, sTOCKRAIsING. Erc.-For gen
eral or diversified farming no country is better
adapted than Emmons County. The successful
growth of all small grains is no longer All exper-
iment; it is all established fact. And the win
ters though frequently extremely cold according
to the thermometer, are, OH account of the dry
pure atmosphere, much more bearable than in
moist regions with higher temperature. The
orally supposed in the East. On the contrary,
they are shorter and far less destructive to stock
than the moist regions further south Horses
range the prairies the entire winter, with no art
fetal shelter and no prepared food The grass
cures on the prairie, and, with the deepest SHOWS
that fall here (Which seldom exceed six or eigh,
inches in depth), horses will dig away the snow
and keep in good condition all winter, with nc
expense whatever. And, except during the
deepest SHOWS, cattle also winter well With little
food other than the prairie grass, which, as stated
| above, cures on the stalk, and thus forms an un
limited quantity of ready-made hay, in nutritious
! qualities inferior to none. The running stream.
| which abound throughout the grazing district.
| remove all danger of stock suffering or dyins
| from thirst. While 1t is not claimed that Elm
mons County possesses all of the merits and non,
ofthe dement's, yet it is Confidently believed tina
it offers many Cf not more) advantages t,
those desirous of founding homes in q new coun
try as any other section of the New Northwest
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of Special Meeting of tho Board
of County Com missiOners of Em'
mons County, Called by the Count!
| Clerk at the Request of S. e. Brin
die, County Treasurer, to Audi
the Treasurer's Accounts for 1888;
and 1886.
| WILL1AMsPoRT, Dak, March l, 1887.
Present.: James B. Gayton (chairman) an
| w. u. Yeater, commissioner.
| Tho Board audited the accounts; and, hayin